submitted on 2023-03-15, 08:02 and posted on 2023-03-16, 06:21authored byFateen Ata, Zohaib Yousaf, Rana Farsakoury, Adeel Ahmad Khan, Abdullah Arshad, Maya Omran, Dore Chikkahanasoge Ananthegowda, Mohamad Khatib, Talat Saeed Chughtai
Primary spontaneous tension pneumothorax (STP) is a rare and life-threatening condition. We report a case of COVID-19-pneumonia patient who developed STP as a complication. He had a prolonged hospital stay and was ultimately discharged asymptomatic. A systematic literature search was performed to review studies (N=12) reporting STP in the setting of COVID-19.